aggiustato (ad-joos-ta'-to) It. past

part. with the " Gloria in excels is," ancient Adjusted; arranged; adapted. chant. The declaration of John the aggrade vole Baptist, " Ecce Agnus Dei, ecce qui Agreeable, (ag-gra-da'-vo-la) pleasing, It. adj. toll it Lamb peccatum of God, whomundi," (Behold takest away the the sin aggrappando (ag-gra-pan'-do) It. pres. of the world — John I, 29) is compart. Grappling; hooking: hitching of the pleted by the cry of the two blind men pedal of a harp into its groove in the "Miserere nostri, fil i David" — Matt. pedestal, thus raising the pitch. IX, 29 (Have mercy upon us, Son aggraver of David). The present distinct form Fr. la fugue (ag-gra-va la fug) was introduced into the ma service To augment the subject of a fugue. by Pope Sergius I. in the Seventh Century. agilita (a-je-li-ta') It. n. The musical setting of the Agnus Agility; nimblene : quickne combined with skill. Dei was originally plain-song and in agilite (a-zhe-le-ta) Fr. n. the Vatican "Kyriale" we find twenty Agility, sprightline . forms, all simple but of varying grades. There are eighteen syllables agilmente (a-jel-men'te) It. adv. of text in each invocation and these Agilely; nimbly, lightly. agitamente (a-ji-ta-men'-te) It. adv. are variously set to a chant form of Perturbedly: with agitation. from nineteen to sixty-one notes. All the compositions of the medieval agita men to (a-ji-ta-men'to) It. n. differ from those of the modern mas- Action; agitation; perturbation. Same as a git azione. ters in not giving a separate setting agitato (a-ji-ta-to) It. past part. to the " Dona nob is pacem," to which Agitated; perturbed: indicates a hurt he later composers a ign an entirely ried and broken style of performance. different movement from that given Abbr. agit, ago. to the first two. In Bach's Ma in B agitata presto (a-ji-ta'-ta. pra'-to) It. minor, the first two invocations form alto solos, and the Dona